of your headlines on press tv, the syrian army says the situation in the cities of hamas and damascus (hama and damascus) totally normal, adding you will soon launch a counter offensive to eliminate the terrorists. iran's ambassador says terrorists in syria are guided by western and other countries that hold a grudge against damascus over support for the resistance access. and an israeli strike destroys a building sheltering displaced families in gaza, killing at least 40 civil.

and raising the genocidal war's death toll to over 44,300. hello everyone, you're watching press tv live from the studios in tehran. thank you for joining us. syria has said that there is no truth to reports regarding the entry of armed terrorist organizations into the towns of the northern hama countryside. according to official syrian media, the situation in hamar province is calm. the arab country has also stressed that talks of chaos and kududatas in damascus are all lies and a form of psychological warfare. syrian army said its forces have prepared a defensive line and that they are fully prepared to repel any potential attack by the foreign back terrorists that are spreading fake news.

the syrian army said a coordinated media war is being waged against syria with the help of some international and arab media outlets. it has also emphasized that his counterattack could reclaim all areas lost in the past days. syrian forces also repelled the terrorist attack targeting security checkpoints in theraa province, killing and wounding a number of them before running away. clashes between the syrian army and the terrorists began after the tacfiri groups launched a surprise. multifront attack on the northern parts of the arab country on wednesday. tensions in syria have erupted once again as aleppo becomes the latest flash point in the ongoing war. turkey-backed militants along with al-qaida affiliated groups launched an allow attack on the city, shattering a fragile period of relative call. the syrian army says nusra front terrorists supported by thousands of foreign mercenaries.

and accompanied by heavy weapons and drones launched the attack from multiple fronts. according to the statement, the syrian army is strengthening its defense lines and is preparing for a counterattack against them. a coalition of groups including techfiry and al-qaeda linked terrorists launched their coordinated attacks on aleppo and idlib provinces on wednesday. syrian foreign minister basam sabat says the in attacks come within the framework of serving the goals of the israeli occupation and and its sponsors, he pointed to israel's role in sponsoring terrorist groups such as sham in syria, noting that damascus has always warned of the obvious coincidence between the israeli regimes air strikes on governmental areas and the subsequent attacks of terrorist groups. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has a times voiced support for anti-syrian in government terrorists. in 2014 he even paid a visit to a field hospital established and occupied golen height.

to treat wounded militants. turkey has also played a significant role in supporting these groups. from the beginning of the war, ankara has been training and arming anti-damascus groups and provided them with a base for their operations. it later launched direct attack on syria which resulted in the occupation of parts of northern syria that has been going on since august 2016. the war in syria erupted in 2011. many believed that the foreign support for anti-damascus group. has been the main reason why the conflict has not ended yet after more than a decade. syria is regarded as the forefront of what has come to be called the axes of resistance against israel and west asia, and now it seems that after the failure of the us and israel in gaza and lebanon, they plan to further undermine and destabilize the regional security to cover up further defeats. press tv correspondent in damascus.

ibrahim wadi says syrian and russian air forces have heavily pounded the armed terrorist positions, not allowing them to enter into the towns of the northern hamar countryside. terrorists this attack depending on suicide bomber bombers, drones, heavy and medium weapons due to the scale of the attack, the uh army had to conduct a strategic redeployment around the city of alipo and to the south extending to hama north country side because the army was facing with dealing with these terrorists on a front that extends for over 100 kilometers and now as you mentioned the syrian air forces and the russian airspace forces

also conducted joint air strikes that targeted these terrorist groups uh their back the back supply lines, their headquarters and their movements, their several positions of these terrorist groups, according to the councillation, the russian coordination center in syria, they said that the these operation resulted in at least 300 killed terrorists in the past 204 hours, but this make it 900 or over 900 kill terrorists and so far in total, former us government advisor paul larudi says, it's just a matter of time before the terrorists are pushed out of the area they have recently occupied. a surprise

move by um the terrorists heavily armed by the us and perhaps israel to some extent uh turkey, yes, they they can, they can make an incursion, how long long they're going to stay depends on on the amount of pushback by syria, it's just a matter of time before they're pushed out, and in fact you could say, it's a matter of time before all the invaders, the sham, the turks, the the americans and the zionists are pushed out of. occupying syrian land, but as far as the timing and the reason for it, yes, there is an absolute connection with the cease fire or the truth in lebanon, and and this has to do

with the fact that the israeli military is failing, it's exhausted, it's tired, it has said that it doesn't have enough manpower ' so and and the fact that so many israelis are actually leaving the country, they're finding another another place to live, so it's it's a time of crisis uh for israel. syrian president bashar al-assad says his country could defeat all terrorists and their backers with the help of his friends and allies, speaking a phone call with emirati president sheikh muhammad bin zayat or nahyan, had said, the arab country can defeat and eliminate the terrorists no matter how intense the terrorist attacks are. during the call, sheikh mohammed bin zayat affirmed this country's support for the syrian state and his fight against terrorism and establishment of his sovereignty, territorial integrity and stability. assad also held a phone conversation

with iraqi prime minister muhammad shia al-sudani. in that conversation, sudani said syria's security and stability are closely linked to iraq's security and play a crucial role in regional security and efforts to establish stability in west asia. he stressed iraq's readiness to provide all necessary support to syria to confront terrorism and all its organizations. iran's ambassador to syria hussein akbarri has talked to the irib about the surprise assault by foreign back terrorists in northwest syria which has led to the fall of aleppo. the ambassador says that terror groups enjoy unprecedented armed support and are being guided by governments in europe and elsewhere who hold a deep grudge against the syrian government for its long time support for the resistance accessing that the use of these

weapons has been unprecedented showing their foreign links a terrorist group in a remote area but no borders with other countries how could they access such advanced and unique equipment there can't ation equipment is modern and new as well as their uav systems and their artillery. they've been preparing for this for a long time, even their psychological operations, and the fact that they propagate in areas before the... arm forces arrive, it's clear that there are connections with european countries which are supporting, supplying and guiding the terrorists, as you pointed out, these are divergent groups that have often fought each other, before this operation, each day you saw demonstrations, rallies, protests, divisions, arrests and imprisonment, but naturally they're now allies, it seems that those who support them are not only western countries, they have connections with many other countries that have brought in their support, they're not only supporting the... but also guiding them, the reason is the garage they hold against the syrian government, this is a country that has stood

by the resistance for many years, it managed to provide hezbolah and palestinian resistance groups with support, this is evident in the words of more than ever these days. investigative journalist rick sterling says that there is an obvious link between the israeli regime's air strikes on government held areas and the subsequent attacks of terrorist groups. let's take a listen, we referring to the united states, israel, turkey and and west europe of course, and in addition to the the timing points you mentioned about it coming the day after the ceasefire, it also came a day after netanyahu made explicit threats to syria, so i think it's israel, the united states and and their allies uh moving on to. try to uh disrupt uh the the access of resistance, they've been doing this for a long time and they have always been angry

that they could not overthrow the assad government, which had the the large support of its population, and of course the syrians were aided by hezballah and in 2015 russian air support came in when when isis was advancing um uh but ever since then and and of course the aleppo was a was liberated by the syrian arb army in 2016 and then following that the terrorists had to retreat to it province but the the situation is they've been nurtured since that time they've been nurtured in idlib a lot of the western aid supposedly going to syria has actually gone to the terrorist controlled province of

welcome back, another horrific massacre in gaza occurred 14 months into the genocide, an israeli attack hit a residential building in northern gaza which was sheltering displaced families, killing at least 40 palestinians.

many of the victims were women and children, many others are still trapped under the rubble. another attack in northern gasa's jabalya killed several people and injured others. the occupation war planes also bombed the house in the rimal neighborhood in the centre of gaza city, killing seven people. also with. journalist was killed after being shot by an israeli drone fire in the countryyard or the courtyard of the al-ahli arab hospital. nearly 200 journalists have lost their lives to bombardments. on saturday, over 100 palestinians were killed in israeli air strikes across gaza. the ongoing israeli aggression on gaza has so far killed at least 44,300 palestinians, leaving over 105,000 others injured. "we were earlier joined by our gaza correspondent moti abu

masabe to get more details on the latest israeli attacks across the blockaded territory. let's take a listen and let me begin with the fish attack that was getted out moments ago after the israeli war planes targeted at and destroyed at essential building in anosarati fiji camp killing four palestinian civilians as you know that" camp over the past couple of days actually has been subjected to a brutal ground offensive that claim the lives of at least 40 basic civilians and deflicted inflicted massive destruction in the... infrastructure and the residential buildings there, the can situation is still afrowed with risk and hazard here in the middle area of gaz strip and as you know today the israelion forces carried out another limited ground offensive against the eastern part of almaghazi refugee camp amid heavy gunfire and bombardment sering the palestinan essential buildings there in the meantime when it comes to other areas of gaza

strip as you know and the north gaza strip the israeli war planes continue to it and destroy more residential buildings we are talking about a fish massacar that unfolded over the past couple of hours after the israeli war planes targeted and destroyed that essential building in jabalya and in jabalya and nazla neighborhood there killing at least 40 palestinian civilians while according to multiple eye witnesses dozens of the palestinian people were reporttedly as you missing under the rouble because according to the people there the at least one the palestinian resistance movement hamas has published a video of an israeli american captive pleading the us president elect donald trump to secure his release through a caps of steel. use your influence and the full power of

the united states to negotiate for our freedom. in the video, eden. alexander slams benjamin netanyahu for neglecting the captives and urges trump not to make the same mistake as former president joe biden did. he says that the weapons being sent to the israeli regime are killing the captives and that the brutal siege on gaza is starving them. netanyahu's cabinet has been continuously accused of intentionally rejecting captives deal with hamas in order to remain in power ever since the genocidal war on gaza began in october last year.

welcome back, settlers in the israeli occupied territories have once again taken to the streets, demanding a deal for the exchange of their captives. the demonstrators took to the streets of tel aviv, calling on the regime to stop the relentless bombardment of gaza and move towards a ceasefire to allow the return of the captives. the protest has also urged the administrations of both outgoing us president joe biden and trump to step up efforts in order to secure the release of the captive. over 100 captives are still held in gaza, around half of them are believed to be still alive. hamas leaders were expected to arrive in cairo on saturday for sease fire talks with egyptian officials to explore ways to reach a deal that could secure the release of

the captives in return for palestinian prisoners. thousands of protesters took to the streets of rome on saturday, demanding an end to the israeli regime's genocidal war on gaza. they marched through the italian capital with palestinian flags and anti-government banners. they slammed the italian prime minister georgia maloni for being complicit in the ongoing war crimes. meanwhile. in a separate protest in chile, pro-palestinians marched in the capital santiago to commemorate the united nations international day of solidarity with the palestinian people. during their rally, they called on their government to suspend relations with the israeli regime. pro-palestine protests have been ongoing across the globe since the start of the israeli genocidal war on gaza, and in spite of various forms of

suppression, including police, brutality. the protest has been held in london against the u.s. israely genocide in gaza. protesters call for an immediate seasfire in the besieg territory and an end to the uk arms sales to tel aviv. we were joined earlier by saipur raza, our correspondent at the site of the demonstration for more details. the the double standards uh that are the focus of the protesters here. as i say i was talking to one of the... they recognize and in their own wording respect the independence the international criminal court that has issued those arrest warrants for the israeli prime minister and former minister of

military affairs, but on the other they don't seem to want to implement it uh, which is what we saw in their comments recently uh the foreign secretary saying he would still meet and talk to the israeli prime minister, the prime minister kier starmer refusing to use the word genocide, despite the fact that, as i said, he represented croatia in the early 90s at the icj against serbia, where he argued that serbia had committed genocide between 1991 and 1995, and is those double standards that the people here are highlighting, and also a testimony to the fact that the palestine solidarity protest movement has actually worked, the pressure that people have brought to bear on the governments. here and around the world that have has led to um these developments, significant developments. meanwile, huge

crowd of people in the french capital, paris have taken the streets to demand the release of george ibrahim abdullah, a pro-palestinian lebanese citizen, imprisoned in france since 1984. the protest is also convined to push the french government to do everything it can to stop the genocide in gaza. george ibrahim abdalah who's in his 40th year of prison in france, the longest serving political prisoner in france, in in french history. uh, we are here for the liberation of

george ibrahim abdallah, was been inprisoned for too many years and he is a freedom fighter and he has to be freed right now. i want from the french government firstly to to stop the genocide in gaza, to do everything. possible to stop it, to disclose, to divest from from israel, to stop every commercial alliances with israel and to free george ibrahim abdullah and to make everything possible to stop, to stop the the mass killing of palestinians in gaza. so i'm here to defend the the human right of the freedom fighter, george ibrahim abdullah, been held in jail for 40 years in france, illegally held in jail for more than 20 years in france just because of deals between the us government and the french government. he is a

freedom fighter for palestine from lebanon, and he has been declared free uh two weeks ago, and so we are here to fight against the appeal from the french state that is appealing his liberation, so that it is our last fight for his definitive. liberation in lebanon's serthern suburbs of beiroth, people have gathered at the site of the martidom of late hisbollah leader sayed hasan nasrullah to pay tribute to him. a huge crowd commemorated the late hezballah chief and his sacrifices to protect lebanon from israeli aggressions. nasurlah was marted a massive israeli air strike on southern beirot in late september along with iranian military advisor, brigadier general abbas nilfrushan. hezbollah did not hold the public funeral ceremony at the time for the fear of brutal israeli air straks. they have those of the

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